30/04/2026
It was with sadness that we learned recently our old friend of many decades, Shirley Dodds, a stalwart of Tauhara Centre, had passed away.
Shirley served Tauhara in so many different ways as the Centre cook for a period, a long-term member of the Committee, Co-ordinator(Centre Manager) for several separate spells, and advisor to the Trust Board.
But more than that, she became a valued friend to so many of the staff, Trustees, group organisers and participants. So many very different energies coalesced at Tauhara over the years, requiring patience, interested attention, careful management, neutrality and a love of people in all their manifestations. Shirley had all these qualities, often through very trying circumstances over the years.
She also had a deep spiritual faith that bouyed her throughout her long life, enabling her to embrace people of so many different faith traditions, spiritual paths, philosophical dispositions or none of the above, which made her so true to the inclusive mission statement of Tauhara.
She will be remembered with love, affection, delight and respect when we gather at Tauhara on May 25th for her memorial (further details to be confirmed).
Rest in peace, Shirley, after a long life well lived
